The 19-year-old schoolgirl who was recently abducted in the Davulagala area in Gampola has been found and taken into Police custody.

The Police said the suspect involved in the abduction was also taken into Police custody this morning. 

According to the Police, the duo had been taken into custody while waiting in an air-conditioned bus that was to leave for Kandy from the Ampara bus stand. 

The Police said the abductor had informed the girl that he was sending her home and had boarded the bus to Kandy, while he had also threatened her to remain quiet. 

The girl was kidnapped by a group in a van on Saturday morning (11 Jan), which was caught on a CCTV camera installed in the area. 

Police investigations revealed she had been residing at a hostel in the Handessa area, and had been abducted at a time when she and a friend had been leaving for school.

It was also found that the main suspect in the abduction was the girl’s relative from her paternal side, and it was caused over marriage issues.

Soon after, the Police arrested the driver of the van, while also taking into custody the vehicle used for the abduction.  

Three Police teams had also been deployed to find the missing girl and her abductors. (Newswire)

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A 50-year-old Sri Lankan citizen who had come to Chennai in India for business purposes was kidnapped by a gang, the India Express reported.

According to the report, the Police rescued him and arrested four people including a woman in connection with the incident.

The police identified K Chitra (43) of Anna Nagar West, M Riyaz Askhar (47) of Anna Nagar West, G Velmurugan (41) of West KK Nagar and K Dinesh (31) of West KK Nagar as the kidnappers of Mohammed Shyam, who came from Sri Lanka a few days ago and was staying at Parry’s Corner in Mannady in the northern part of Chennai.

The police said they received a complaint at the control room via phone from a woman who introduced herself as Shyam’s daughter. She said she was called on Wednesday by a person who claimed to have kidnapped her father and demanded a ransom of Rs 15 lakh for his release.

On Thursday the B-1 North Beach police tracked down the phone number from which the ransom call was made, arrested the four people and rescued Shyam. 

According to the police Chitra, whom Shyam owed money, and her boyfriend and other accomplices kidnapped the Sri Lankan man in a car. (NewsWire)

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